Railroad-tie



l. KELLEY.

RAILROAD TIE. APPLICATEON FILED NOV. 23, 1920.

Patented Feb. 1, 1921.

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J. KELLEY RAILROAD TIE. APPLICATlON FILED NOV. 23, 1920.

Patented Feb. 1, 1921.

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JOHN KELLEY, 0F SANDUSKY, OHIO.

RAiLROAD-TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 1, 1921.

Application filer]. November 23, 1920. Serial No. 425,941.

To all w hows it may concern Be it known that 1, JOHN KELLEY, a citi ten of the United States, residing at Sandusky, in the county of Erie and theState oi? Uhio, have inventcdcertain new and use ful improvements in liailroad 'llies, oi which the tollowingis a specification.

This invention relates to a metal tie and comprises a brace, chair and fastening means all forming a part of the said tie, and all embraced in my invention.

The invention consists in the novel features oi? construction hereinafter described, pointed out in the claims, and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a plan View showing two of the ties.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation the rails being in section.

Fig. 3 is an outer end elevation of one of the ties, a portion of a rail being shown in position.

liig. a is a perspective view of a brace rod support.

Fig. 5 is a planview showing a modified form.

Fig. (5 is a side elevation of the modified tie construction.

Fig. 7 is an enlarged transverse section through a rail, and the tie, chair and other parts adjacent said rail, fastening members being shown in side elevation.

8 is an end elevation of the form shown in Figs. 5 and 6.

Fig. 9 is a perspective view of one of the 'tastening members.

In the drawings in both the preferred and the modified forms of construction, 1 designates a tie plate, 2 the rails, 4 a brace rod and 5 a support for the rod.

The tie plate 1 is in the form of a flat metal plate, comparatively light in weight as compared with the usual form of metal or concrete tie and requiring no special machinery to produce it. On each end portion of this plate I rivet an inverted U-shaped memher 3. also of metal, which forms a chair or support for the rail. A brace rod 4 connects the supports 3 on opposite sideso't the track, said rod having its highest point midway the rails and being angled, and an inverted V-shaped rod support is placed beneath the rod at its highest point, as indicated at 5, said rod support being notched at 5 to provide a seat for the rod. The brace cured rod slopes downwardly from opposite sides of this support until it reaches the chairs 3 where it is again slightly bent,and then passes through the chairs in a horizontal plane. Angledclamping plates 6 are seon the rod and oncpposite sides of the chair, said plates angling over thetop of the chair and engaging the rail base and. web. The rod and angle clamping plates are all held in place by nuts 7, one on each side of the rail.

To :turther brace the structure and prevent anyspreading of the rails I rivet a metal plate 8 to the tie ends, these plates having inner upwardly angled portions that bear against the clamping plates 6 and through which the rod 4. also passes. The outer nuts 7 are on the outside of these brace bars, so that the outer clamping plates are gripped between the chair and the braces 8.

The construction shown in Figs. 5 to 9 differs from the construction just described in that it provides a wooden base for the rail to rest on, thus giving the spring and resilience of the wood tie in common use combined with the lightness and durability of the all metal tie just described. In this construction the brace rod 4, its support 5, the brace bar 8, and the tie plate 1, are all retained unchanged in form or position.

The rail chair is altered by simply cutting oil the upper portion leaving two angled side plates 9 within which is placed a wooden. block 10, which block projects above the plates 9 to afford a base for the rail. The brace bar 4 passes through the wood blocks 10, and is locked in. place by the nuts 7 as in the former described construction. The brace bar 8 is made a little wider, as in practice I will have this wooden block about twelve inches in length. The main change in this form is in the rail clamping members. Instead of using the angled plates 6 I employ angled bars 11. These bars pass through the plates 9 and through the block and also through the brace bar 8. Two are used for each chair and they are oppositely arranged, one having a threaded end portion on one side of the rail and the other having this threaded portion, indicated at 12, Fig. 9, on the opposite side of the rail. After passing through the chair the bars are bent upwardly, and then angled inwardly as shown at 14, this latter angled portion on one bar engaging the outer face of the rail and on its rod companion bar the inner face. These bars are held in place by suitable nuts 18. V

V The tie construction above described requires'no special machinery as all parts can be readily cast, rolled or forged by the average metal Working factory, and it is light in Weight, durable, and easily assembled by unskilled labor. I

What I claim is:

1. In a device of the kind described, a flat metal tie plate, means secured on the end portions of the plate for'supporting a rail, a brace rod passing through and secured to said rail supporting means, and an inverted V-shaped supportfor said rod, said support eing arranged on the tie plate midway the rails.

2. In a deviceeof the kind described, a tie plate, rail chairs placed on'the plate, rail clamping members secured to the chair and engaging opposite sides ofthe rail, a brace extending through the chairs and secured thereto, an inverted V-shaped support mounted on the tie plate midway the rails and supporting said rod, the said support being notche to receive the rod, and angled brace bars riveted to the outer ends of the tie plate and having angled upper end portions engaging the brace rod, as and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a device of the kind described, a flat tie plate, an upwardly open chair secured to each end, Wooden blocks secured in said chairs and projecting above them to support track rails, an angled brace rod extending through said chairs and blocks, a support for said brace rod arranged on the tie midway the rails and engaging the angled portion of the rod, brace bars also angled a d secured to the end portions of the tie and engaging the outer end portions of the brace rod, and angled clamping members passing through the chair and block and engaging opposite sides respectively purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I ailix my signature.

JOHN KELLE Y.

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